Tie and means for securing a rail thereto.



W. D. CRANNEY.

TIE AND MEANS FOR SECURING A RAIL THERETO. APPLICATION HLED MAY 26,1914.

. 1,168,483. Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

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WILLARD D. G RANNEY, OF LOGAN, UTAH.

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icense Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

Application filed May 26, 1914. Serial No.840,981.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, XVILLARD D. CnANNEY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Logan, in the county of Cache and State of Utah,haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ties and Means forSecuring Rails Thereto, of which the following 1s a full, clear, andexact description. My invention comprises a novel railroad tie and meansfor securing a rail in position thereon, said attaching portion of thetieitself.

The object of my invention is the pro vision of simple, efiicient andeconomical means for attaching the rails to a tie which means includinga latter, in its preferred form, comprises ametallic body portionprovided with a wooden, shock absorbing, pillow block.

Broadly speaking, the invention consists in providing the tie with lugsor projections adapted to engage bifurcated retaining clamp memberswhich overlie the rail flanges, and in forcing the parts intocloseengagement by wedging action.

In the single sheet of drawings accompanying this application andforming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one end of atie, with a portion of a rail secured thereto; Fig. 2 is a cross sectionof the parts shown in F 1; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one ofthe clamps.

, Referring to the drawings, in which like parts are designated by likecharacters, 5 indicates a channel shaped metallic tie, 6 a wooden pillowblock, 7 a section of a rail, and 8, 8, a pair of bifurcated railsecuring clamps.

A pair of projections 9, 9, in the present preferred form shown asintegral lugs formed by punching out rectangular portions of the flangesof thechannel iron, though adapted to be formed inany, convenient mannerwithout departing from my invention, extend outwardly from the body.

portion of the tie in position tobe engaged by the lower extremities ofthe forks 10, 10, of the clamping members, which clamping members arepreferably S-shaped in side view as shown in the drawings.

The body portion 11 of the clamping members is so proportioned as tooverlie and engage the flange of a rail throughout the length of theclamp and the clamp is further provided with asubstantially horizontallip 12 adapted to extend over the pillow block 6 and provided with anopening 13 through which a spike 14 may be driven to engage the pillowblock. The channel flanges; of the tie are notched to rest solely on thepillow block and at the sametime to prevent lateral displacement of therails, the rail flange and the clamping members substantially fillingthe out out portion.

In assembling, the pillow blocks are placed in the channels nearer theends of the ties than in the final position shown in the drawings andthe clamping members are hooked over the lugs 9 but swung away fromoperative position. Then the rail is placed on the pillow blocks and theclamping memhers swung over its flanges, the parts being so proportionedthat an approximate, though loose, fit is thus had. The pillow blocksare slightly wedge shaped in vertical section, as indicated in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings, and the parts are tightly drawn into engagement by drivingthe pillow blocks home. Spikes 14 are then driven to firmly hold theparts in position.

If desired the webs of the channels may be punched as shown in Fig. 2 toprovide slightly interiorly protruding, springy,teeth 16 which willreadily allow the pillow blocks to pass over them in the act of drivinghome in the direction shown by the arrow A but which, by entering thewood, will aid in preventing their working loose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. In combination, a rail, a tie having a pair of projections extendinglaterally from each side thereof, and a pair of bifurcated clampingmembers adapted to be placed one posite sides of the tie, and wedgingmeans adapted to draw the rail and clamping members into closeengagement. 7

2. In combination, a rail, a channeled metallic tie having a pair ofprojections extending laterally from each side thereof, a pair ofbifurcated clamping members adapted to be placed one on each side ofsaid rail to overlie and engage the flanges thereof and to pass underand engage a pair ofprojections on opposite sides of the tie, and awedge shaped pillow block adapted to lie within the channel of the tiebelow the rail and, by being driven home, to force the at 15 to allowthe rail clamps into close eiig'agenient Withlsaid tending laterallyfrom each side thereof at 7 each end, a pair of bifurcated clamping.

members adapted to lie one on each side of said rail to overlie andengage the flanges thereof and to pass under and engage a pair ofprojections on opposite sides of said :ti'e, each of said clampingmembers havingi'a perforated, horizontally extendinglip for thereception ofa retaining spik ehd a Wedge shaped pillow block adapted tolie 7 within the chamielof the tie below the rail 15 and by being drivenhome,' to force the 'olampsinto closeiengagementwith said. rail.

ln'testlmony' vhereof I have hereunto a'flix'ecl my signature in thepresence of tWo 'Witnesses. r

. WILLARD D. CRANNEYV 'Witnesses: I 1

JAMES Gr. ELLIOTT, HARRY B. CADWELL. 7

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